Camtasia

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What is Camtasia?

Camtasia is a video editor and screen recorder.

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#1 most frequent

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

16.4%

1,104 installations of 6,723

#2 most frequent

Educational Services

14.1%

946 installations of 6,723

#3 most frequent

Information

13.6%

915 installations of 6,723

Robin Larrabee

People Development and Experience Manager in Human Resources at Total Expert (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Camtasia to create explainer- and walk-through videos. When our product evolves, I train the organization and I find videos are a great tool for this. I also record highlight videos for our customers when we have a new tool or enhancement. Camtasia makes it easy to record and edit videos.

Pros

Screen record
Edit
Annotations

Cons

Screen record custom size should be easier

Return on Investment

Easy to keep employees trained
Can address multiple learning styles

Alternatives Considered

iMovie

Other Software Used

Articulate 360, Allego Sales Enablement Platform

Verified User

Consultant in Sales (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Camtasia is used to curate videos of our products within the business.

The product helps for easy capture of screen content, as well as the recording of audio overtop. Camtasia has great editing features that allow for quick and user friendly production of video content.

This is used throughout the business for:
- marketing content
- sales content
- training content
- software support content

Pros

Easy screen recording overlay
Great editing tools
Multiple production formats available
Quick to adopt and understand how to use

Cons

Slow and Sluggish to load
Increased variety of annotations and other editing options
Process in which projects and clips are stored in a folder can be cumbersome. Takes some getting used to understanding how it saves component clips vs the whole project

Return on Investment

Increased Opportunites
Enhanced the quality of sales opps
Increased the adoption time for product learning internally

Usability

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Nicolas Hanhan View profile

Distance Education Instructional Coordinator in Information Technology at Arizona Western College (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

Easy to import video and photos created in other application.
Uploading to YouTube is available from within the application.

Cons

Rendering takes a long for long videos.

Return on Investment

Able to create media files that can be sold to users and result in a return on investment.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Captivate, Ensemble Video, Adobe Presenter and Adobe Premiere Pro

Other Software Used

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat DC, Microsoft Publisher

Nathan Roberts View profile

Director, Management Information Systems in Information Technology at CareerSource Florida (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

Perfect for screen recording and capturing voice.
A wealth of included assets (including transitions, animations, intros and outros) reduce production time and increase production value.
It's a breeze to add annotations (callouts, arrows, lower thirds) to video.
The program's approachable interface hides significant power, so there is a lot of flexibility and features on tap as your needs grow.

Cons

Camtasia seems to struggle sometimes with large videos (and I'm on a machine with 32GB RAM), especially with multiple tracks. Sometimes it will freeze when trying to move a track, making it challenging to place it exactly where I want it.
There have been a couple of instances where sharing large videos has locked up the program. I didn't lost any work, but I had to restart the process.
I wish the audio controls were a little more granular, but that is a minor complaint since the application includes a lot for the price.

Most Important Features

Ability to create quick, highly polished tutorials.
The included assets are of high production value and easily customizable.
Publishing completed videos is a breeze.

Return on Investment

We used to source instructional videos. Now we do them in house, saving us time and money. Not only that, they are of higher production value.
We have used Camtasia to produce promotional videos in house. These used to be outsourced.
We don't have to wait for an outside firm to find capacity to help us with simple video projects, but can now do them on our timeline.
Camtasia has surprising power for the price. Again, don't expect Primiere Pro, but understand you may find you can do a lot with this program. We keep finding more and more use-cases for it.

Alternatives Considered

ScreenScape and Movavi Screen Recorder

Other Software Used

Adobe PhotoShop, Microsoft Power BI, Snagit

Doreen Giles View profile

eLearning Designer / Business Analyst in Information Technology at State of New Jersey (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

Provides a very clean user interface
Very good technical support
Easy to use editing tools
Interfaces well with PowerPoint Addin

Cons

Price point is high compared to other video editing tools
Would like to see more variety of callout, transitions and fonts.
Would like a time estimate for compiling video

Most Important Features

Video compilation tool
Allows interface with PowerPoint
Generating various video formats
Voice narration tool

Return on Investment

Helps staff to retain new information , reinforcing live training and serves as a refresher tool.
Saves on having to commit manpower to training. Allows the trainer to record a live training session and to distribute statewide.
Has assisted in improving the image of our organization in providing 24 hour support through our video library.
Would love to see more flexibility to add interactive tools such as provided through Articulate/Captivate software.

Alternatives Considered

Snagit, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Access and SharePoint Designer

Other Software Used

Snagit, MS SharePoint, SharePoint Designer, Adobe Dreamweaver, Zoom, Microsoft Teams

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